Thanet vase

Thanet vase

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Thanet vase - 6⅜" (161 mm) high. Early 1960s.

Thanet Pottery was started by David White and his sister Mary Dening
at Westwood near Margate, Kent, in 1961. They produced high quality earthenwares
in domestic and decorative styles.

The goods attracted attention and before long the small company found
themselves in competition with some of the large, well established concerns
of the time. By the mid-1960s they had a workforce of thirty-two and a large
contract with a national retail chain outlet.

Margins were very tight, though, and the retail chain started to dictate
terms and ask them to make copies of other companies' products. David and
Mary felt that this was not what they wanted to do. The retail chain dropped
them and they found themselves with an empty order book and thirty-two people
to pay each week. The company went into voluntary liquidation in 1967.

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